esata makes this an excellent deal. I find esata to be around 3 times faster than usb in real world performance.

Worth noting though is that not all MB support hot swapping of esata drives. My AM3 MB, does not allow hot swapping so I have to uninstall the drive in device manager everytime I go to disconnect, otherwise windows reports delayed write failures.

Edit: Has anyone had experience swapping out the internal drive with the previous medion deals? WARNING: Also refer to my post below regarding 1TB seagate drives.

I bought a TV there at the end of last year. A month ago it packed up. After calling the distribution company (details supplied with warranty card) they promptly had it picked up, fixed and returned in the week.

While I can't speak for everyone's experiences, mine have so far been good.

I bought a dryer from Aldi - within 2 months it broke down. A guy came out and fixed it promptly. Aldi itself doesn't do warranties - they outsource to a third party technician. No probs here with after sale service.

well had a very bad time. bought a circular saw only to find out that i wasnt supplied with the required spanners to change the blade. now i need to change the blade and im stuck. ALDI says they have nothing to do after the 60days. the supplier says its not their problem

Is that something to expect? While these things are nice, I wouldn't expect that manufacturer to supply everything. Unless it is a very specific tool, then I don't see the need to include it. However if it is something particular to the device, they should have supplied it.

esata should be around the same speed as a normal internal sata, making it even faster as an external drive, but has anyone seen this unit? it says it has both esata and usb2.0, typically the better enclosures have both connectors

That fault didn't apply to external hard drives as they aren't involved in the boot up sequence.
All hard drive manufacturers have a bad batch once in a while. Admittedly Seagate communication and handling of the problem was quite poor.
I'll still buy certain Seagate drives because of their longer warranty.

Quick question: Is it possible to connect an external drive like this to a wireless broadband router (I've got a Billion) so that it can be shared and wireless available to the two laptops that are in and out of my place all day? Or, do I need to have another PC (a server) setup that is always on?

My cousin just picked up two units about an hour ago. He just asked the staff and they went to the back and got it for him. After that more people started asking and now the manager is probably pissed off and probably hold it till tomorrow.

got a pair of these - they're selling it at register, just ask.
planning to use it to store old movies that were too good to go but not good enough to stay :p
the pack includes 1yr warranty, desktop stand, AC adapter, USB cable and the HDD.

Drive would only be recognized at different times even though it was connected, tried on several computers. Would work fine moving a few gigs then crap out. Never had any good luck with Seagate hard drives.

I arrived at Aldi 10 minutes after opening time on Thursday and they were all sold out - And this was a small store in Brisbane. A staff member phoned around to four other Aldi stores nearby and they were all sold out. It wasn't like there were hundreds of people in the shop buying arm-fulls of these drives so they couldn't have had more than a few in stock. I love Aldi, but I really think this was just ploy to get people into their stores. -1 to Aldi.

got one and it's working great! had to line up 10mins before opening time at the Carindale Aldi (QLD)..can't believe how many people line up and wait for the store to open, and all these people fighting for these hard drives..it was crazy….

This Thursday sale at Aldi is as you say crazy, Why can't they have enough stock to satisfy the expected number of customers. I know that it is to attract customers to the store, but I don't think that it does Aldi any good. My wife and I are aged pensioners, and really the rush when the doors are opened, is a case of survival of the fittest. It is like the stupid Myer Boxing day sales, which should be banned. If they are unable to get a reasonable amount of items to each store for a Thursday. Then they should give up the crazy idea altogether and sell their products at a competitive price all the time.

At the Aldi I went to (Gold Coast), I arrived 10 minutes before opening and there was at least 30 plus people waiting to go in. To my surprise there was none of the crazy "survival of the fittest", but a respectable entrance by everyone without any pushing or que jumping. I guess this all depends on the store you go, to and to my surprise the majority of the people there on the day were there for the golfing gear.